Support for surgical needles.



W. E. JONES.

SUPPORT FOR SURGICAL NEEDLES. 1

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, l9l.6.

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ATTORNEYS WINIFRED E. JONES, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SUPPORT FOR SURGICAL NEEDLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

Application filed January 14, 1916. Serial No. 72,016.

1 b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVINIFRED E. JONES, a citizen of the United States.and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State oflVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Supports forSurgical Needles, of which the following is a description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of thisspecification.

The invention relates to supports for surgical needles for the removalof superfluous hair and blemishes of other character on the face or bodyof the patients.

In the use of these needles it is customary to use a number on thepatient at a time as the strain on the patient is an extremely nervousone and consequently the work should be done in the shortest possibletime. The essential object of this invention is to provide a support orstand for carrying the needles and facilitate the operation of a numberof them at the same time.

Ileretofore it has been customary to provide a support extending overthehead of the patient and from which the needles depend downwardly andwhen not in use dangle in front of the patients face much to herannoyance and danger.. It is another object of this invention to providean overhead support which may be extended over the head of the patientwhen in use and which is provided with a head piece provided with anumber of needle-receiving poeketswhereby the needles may be supportedabove the head of the patient. when not in use and this overhead supportis also capable of being moved backwardly away from the patient.

When working on the face of a patient it frequently happens that needlesare in use on both sides of the face and to facilitate this I form thehead piece in a semi-circular or semi-oval shape to substantiallyconform to the head of the person so that the needles may be carried byit and be readily brought down to operative position.

The invention is further designed to provide a support in which theconductor cords for the needles may be readily moved out of the Way.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of the device embodying theinvention; Fig. 2

is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2;Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4; 4 of Fig. 2'; Fig. 5 is a detailfront view; Fig. (3 is a section taken on line (56 of Fig. 2.

The device comprises an adjustable standard and needle supporting andholding means or carrier mounted thereon.

The standard comprises a base 10 to which is secured a tube 11 in whicharod 12 is slidably mounted, and a set screw 13 passing through said tube11 for securing the rod 12 in various positions of adjustment. Thestandard is adapted to be placed on the floor and the needle-supportcarried thereby may be raised or lowered as desired by adjusting theposition of the rod 12 in thetube 11.

The needle support and holding means comprises a terminal support,'ahead piece, means for varying the position of the head piece withrespect to the standard and terminal support and guide means carried bysaid terminal support and head piece.

The terminal support consists of a semicircular member or strip 14.- ofconducting material secured at its ends 15 to atransverse member 16which in turn is secured to th upper end of the rod 12. The member 14 isprovided with a plurality of apertures 17 for receiving the needle plugs18 and the plug 19 which is connected to the main conductor 20 which isprovided with a plug 21 for connecting said conductor to a source ofelectric current. Each needle plug 18 is connected to its respectiveconductor cord 22 which carries a'connector-plug 23 at its outer end.This plug 23 is detachably secured to the needle holder 24 which has arear portion 25, an insulated portion 26 and carries a needle 27electrically connected to the plug 23.

The head piece consists of a semi-circular channel member 28 secured atits ends 29 to a transverse member 29, the flange portions 100 tion 26of the needle holder and the rear portion 25 of each holder is adaptedto be.

seated in one of the notches 32 and the needle in one of the notches 33,a small centrally disposed notch 35 being provided in the bottom of theslot 33 for receiving the needle. The shoulder 36 formed by the portion26 with the portion 25 of the holder limits the rearward movement of theholder.

It will be further noted that the needle be- 1 ing disposed in thenotches in the flanges of the channel sections above the bottom 37thereof, may be readily removed from the pocket formed by thesenotchesby inserting the thumb and forefinger within the channel oneither side of the needle holder and lifting it upwardly out of thenotches.

The means for varying the position. of the head piece with respectto-thestandard and the terminal supportcomprises laz'y tongs 38 pivotallysecured to each other and Pivotally secured at their outer ends 39 to anear 40 on the member 29 and at' their inner ends to an car 41 onthemember 16, the inward and outward movement of saidtongs caus- I ingthe inward and outward movement of the head piece. This permits the headpiece, carrying the needles, to be folded up against. the standard whennot in use. The jtongs may be provided .With adjustable nuts 38 forsecuring said tongs in different positions.

with a plurality ofspaced apart notches l2 and the transverse member 29with a plu rality of corresponding notches 43 for receiving and guidingthe needle-conductor cords 22 therein. The conductor cords 22 areslidably mounted in said notches 42 and i3 and the notches 32 and 33 inthe channel member 28 so that'the operator by grasping any one or all ofthe cords in the space beteen the member 14L and the member 16 may pullupon it or'them and thus draw the a needle or needles carried thereby upout of the way and above the patient and into the pockets formed inthe'head piece.

The operation of the device is as follows :The rod 12 is adjusted in thestandard to bring the carrier or needle support to the desired heightand the head piece and tongs are then moved outwardly the desireddistance so as to bring the needles into position above the patient atthe required point of treatment. The current from the source passesthrough the conductor 20 thence to the terminal support 11 from whenceit passes through the plugs 18 into the conductor cords 22 to theneedles 27. The needle or needles are then removed from their pocketsand inserted beneath the skin or otherwise applied, according to thekind of treatment required. Thus all the needles may be kept at work forany length of time and by the use of a plurality of needles the timeduring which the patient is under treat- "ment is reduced thus lesseningthe strain on the patient. Furthermore, when any of the I needles arenot in use they may be quickly drawn up out ot' the way and if desiredinto the pockets on the head piece where they will not annoy the patientor cause any injury. Also the head-piece may be moved back away from.the patient when not in use and danger, due-to dangling needles,prevented.

What I claim is:

1. A support for surgical needles comprisinga supporting member, aterminal support carriedbyl said member, a head piece, -lazytongsconnecting said support to said head piece to permit it to be movedtoward or away fromsaid support, said terminal support and head pieceadapted to carry a mainconductor and a pluralit of-needleconductors,said conductors being movably guided in the head piece.

2.- A support for-surgical needles comprising a supporting member, aterminal support carried thereby, a head piece providedwith a pluralityof pairs of spaced I apart registering notches forming needlereceivingpockets and connected to said support and movable with respect thereto,said support and head piece adapted to carry a plurali y of,needle-conductors, said conduc- The transverse member .16 is provided"tors; adapted to depend from said head piece when the needles are in useand to be pulled back so as'to. seat the needles in said pockets whennot in use.

3. A support for surgical needles comprising an adjustable supportingmember, a terminal "support carried thereby for receiving a mainconductor of electric current and a plurality'of electric needleconductors, a channel member forming a head piece provided with aplurality of pairs of registering notches forming needle-receivin"pockets, notched guide members carried by said terminal support and headpiece for ieceiving and guiding said needle conductors, and meanspivotally connected to said head piece and terminal support to supportsaid head piece and permit of its movement with respect to said terminalsupport and supporting member, said needle conductors passing throughthe notches in said channel member and depending therefrom when in use.I

4. A support for surgical needles comprising an adjustable supportingmember, a terminal support carried thereby for receiving a mainconductor of electric current and a plurality of electric needleconductors, a.

head piece having a plurality of needlemit movement of the headpiecewith respect receiving pockets formed therein, guide to said terminalsupport and supporting members carried by said terminal support member,said needle conductors passing 10 and head piece for receiving andguiding through the pockets in the head piece when 5 said needleconductors, and extensible means in use.

connected to said head piece and terminal In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature. support to support said head piece and per- WINIFRED E.JONES.

